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Re: colorls in base
There's a topic on peace-keeping in a large project.
There are two types of feedback:
- "this change makes the code simpler and twice as fast" (it's
objectively better)
- "I like colorful terminals" (my personal opinion)
Objecting to a diff like this causes friction. I like Rin, and I don't
want him to get the habit that his changes are unwelcome. So I try to
avoid unnecessary complaints on things that are personal taste.
Bikeshed type discussions in general are very draining, and topics that
are accessible to a wide audience like color in shell commands are prone
to them.
When your complaint is:
- The default 16 color scheme includes colors that aren't legible to my
colorblind self, and excessive use of color by defaults hurts terminal
legibility for me.
It's objective feedback, and I hope we don't default to a colorful
terminal without addressing it (since doing so is a lot harder, I don't
expect this to happen).
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